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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1955)
I lit? Northern Division baseball schedule is set to kick off this week with any one of four teams having a chance to na!> the championship. I oacli Don Kirsch’s Ducks have won the last two years in photo finishes with Oregon State, and the Wehfoots again are sentimental favorites around Eugene. < iregon has a veteran lineup that swept Far West honors la-4 season and played (somewhat ingloriously) in the na tional tourney at < huaha. ’I he loss of star hurler Norm I'orbc.s ha> cut deeply into pitching depth, hut Duck boosters have been heartened by recent fine showings by Terry Maddox, I’cte Williams, Hill Blodgett and some sophomore hurlcrs. Beavers Claim Experience Kalph C oleman's Heavers finisher) just one game behind ( iregon in 1954 and also have a veteran lineup returning. All American Jay Dean at first (.439 in '54). Chuck Fisk f.400) at second, transfer Jerry Bettendorf at third and Hob Boub (- -4 i at short round out a potent infield. In the outfield Coley can call on Phil Jantze, Jerry Exley, Jim Rugglcs, Jim Withrow and Johnny Frederick, all heavy stickers. Catcher is Jack Stephenson. The mound staff is composed of Lowell Pearce, A1 Giu dotti, Joe Eppcrly, Lynn Mohler, Dick Wilson, Syl Johnson, Frank Weist and Merlin DeHass. Norb Wellman, wheel horse of the staff in 1954. has graduated, but Oregon State has deep, if not first-class hurling. W ilh its terrific hitting. < tSC might be figured to cop the clump pionship. Vet the Heavers have been known to blow hot and cold (sometimes called chokiifg upT. The defense, ••specially in the infield, is cpiite porous, and the pitching staff ha> > et to really prove itself. Washington Boasts Pitchers Washington, which tied for second last year (Oregon 11-3. (>SC 10-6. Washington 10-6, W SC 7-6, Idaho 2-14), is a dis tinct threat. Coach Bill Marx’ Huskies have two top-flight pitchers in Hill Reams and soph Monte Geiger. They also have the number two hitter in the league in catcher Jack Ballard (.467). But Ballard has been edged out for the catching job by >oph Jack Brady, who was batting .455 at last notice. In the outfield Washington has Bill Eakin, Dave George, Don Hill, Rod Pressey and Lou Roselli. Marx is using a two-platoon outfield this year, with Geiger, Eakin, and George batting against southpaws, and Hill, Pressey and Roselli going against righthanders. Larry Watson plays first, Harvey Jarvis second, Jack Scott shortstop and Dave McClary third. The Huskies have a lot of .300 plus hitters but haven’t been too consistent so far this year. They were silenced by Seattle Wednesday, losing a twin bill by scores of 7-2 and 2-1. Washington will have good- defense, weak to fair hitting, and top flight pitching, with Geiger as the mainstay and a good bet for most of the league's pitching honors. They open the schedule this weekend against WSC. Bailey Back at Helm Washington State will again be noted chiefly for its colorful (a mild adjective) coach. Buck Bailey. Buck’s club won four straight titles from 1947 to 1950 hut has trailed since then. WSC has a young outfit, but if the juniors and sophs should come through, they could catch the other clubs. The top pitchers are Ron Webb, Wes Stock. Jerry Bartow, and Ron Aiken. Bill Rich catches, Karl McIntosh is at first. Gordy ilershey at second, Bill Mashburn at third and Ron b'oisy at short. Outfielders are Terry Sparks, Ron Overby and Jim Ford. Only McIntosh and Sparks are seniors. Idaho has never finished higher than third in 22 seasons, and partly because of that is not considered a contender. Yet the Vandals have shown fairly well in pre-season con tests. After losing three in a row, they turned around to win their next five. Flip Kleffner, third baseman, has been pound ing the ball all spring. So in case the rain should let up and some games manage to get played, we might pick a final finish like this : 1) Oregon, 2) W ashington, 3) Oregon State, 4) Washington State, and 5) Idaho, Oregon Netfers Host Willamette In Clash Today Thr<v more non-confefenee matches are optimistically sched uled for Hilbert Lee’s varsity ten nis squad this week with Seat tle’s Chieftains, Willamette and Portland university providing the opposition, Tuesday afternoon the Chiefs will take to the courts against j the Ducks at 3, weather permit ! ting. The Bearcats move in on Thursday while Portland’s Pilots are booked for a Saturday date. These matches, if sandwiched ! between rain squalls, will com plete the non-conference sched ule for the Ducks, who take on Washington’s perennial Northern Division champions Friday here, fn previous action the Ducks have beaten Reed college and the Oregon Medical school while los ing to Portland. Janet Hopps, one of the top women’s singles aces in the Northwest, will spark the Seattle university team, and men’s ace Jack Neer tops Portland univer sity’s strong squad. Leading the Huskies again is Bill Quillian, singles champ of the division for three years. Oregon’s team, as usual, will probably be composed of Ron i Carlson, Bob Baker, Dick Gray. Don Bonime and Dick Hamilton. Boxing Champion To Battle Cuban In Feature TV Go By MURRAY ROSE Of Th** Associated Press Lightweight champion Jimmy ; HCarter. unbeaten in his last six fights, and Cuba’s Orlando Zu i lueta. a non-wdnner in his last four, meet in a non-title 10 rounder in Washington's Uline arena Wednesday night. The 31-year-old 135-pound king has a habit of getting careless in overweight scraps and the 26 year-old Cuban is hoping to catch him in one of those off-nights. Zulueta once was the No. 1 contender but he never got a shot at the title. Three straight losses and a Jan. 31 draw with Danny ] | Jo Perez has sent him skidding [ | to ninth among the contenders. Strange things happen in box-1 ing, however, and if Zully should ; happen to have a hot night against the champ in their tele ! vision tilt (CBS-TV, 7 p.m. PST) j he might earn a crack at the i crown after all. In the other “live” coast-to : coast TV fight of the week, 19 year-old Willie Paatrano of New j Orleans takes on Willie (No Clinch) Troy of Washington. D.C., in a middleweight 10 rounder. — Odd-Engined Car Given Approval INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —A be lated entry for the 39th annual 500-mile race here May 30 had officials of the Indianapolie Mo tor Speedway puzzled Monday— but they accepted it. It came from Walter F. Stra der of Los Angeles who entered a Planacircle Special which he said is fitted with an engine hav ing neither cylinders nor pistons. His entry blank gave this de scription: "The fuel mixture is com j pressed in two combustion cham bers through a system of ro tors.” • He added that the engine has a displacement of 137 cubic inches—half the 271 cubic inches | allowed non-supercharged en | gines. Golfers Go South For Match Play A powerful University of Ore gon golf team left for California early this morning where six Duck golfers will participate in the Northern California Inter collegiate tournament at Pasa tiempo golf course in Santa Cruz. Accompanied by Coach Sid Milligan, the Webfoot divoters will get their first taste of non conference competition in the three-day meet slated to start Thursday. Last Saturday Ore gon opened its Northern Division season with a 17-10 win over Washington at the Eugene coun try club. The tournament will be played similiarly to the NCAA cham pionships in which the team title will be determined by individual performances in match play. At least 26 colleges from the North r west and California will have entrants in the tourney. The Duck traveling squad to the tournament included five varsity team members and one freshman. Captain Neil Dwyer headed a six-man squad that also included lettermen Bob Takano, Sophomores Barry oft, Bob Nor quist and Don Bick plus Fresh man Bob Prall. The Oregon team will prac tice on the tough Pasatiempo course Wednesday in preparation for the meet and will return to Eugene Sunday after the cham pionships are decided. Oregon State, Portland university and Seattle university will also repre sent the Northwest. Strong San Jose State and Stanford, the fa vorite for individual and the team titles, are two of the California entries. 1 "Ivy League" TAILORING Your Campus Style I i of Distinction! Suits <™$5000 Sport Jackets from $29 50 IN CHARCOAL AND CHARBROWN! Feel at home in town or on campus ... on any occasion in a comfortable, contemporary-styled Ivy League suit. 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